The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A violent Midlands rapist who targeted victims across two decades has finally been put behind bars thanks to the bravery of the women. The three women who helped put their rapist behind bars, almost 30 years after the abuse began, have been praised by police for their bravery in coming forward.
A paedophile from West Bromwich, who sexually abused a young girl which left her “devastated”, has been jailed after the victim gave a detailed report of her traumatic ordeal. Steven Nightingale, aged 50, was handed a two-and-a-half year jail sentence for the appalling crime which he carried out against his young victim one evening last…
A Walsall man has been convicted of causing the death of a baby by dangerous driving last year. Two-week-old Ciaran Leigh Morris was in his pram being pushed along Brownhills High Street on 4 April 2021 by his proud parents and friends when the tragedy happened.
A violent sadist who held a mother hostage in her home and stabbed her in the throat will serve at least 14 years in prison for attempted murder and rape in Wolverhampton. In August last year, Luke Ward forced his way into the terrified victim’s home where the woman – a mother of two little…
A Wolverhampton rapist has been jailed for more than two decades after subjecting two young girls to years of horrific sexual abuse which has left them physically and psychologically traumatised. Joseph Smith used his position of trust to prey on the girls from a young age until his arrest in June 2019, say police.
A disgraced West Midlands Police officer was sacked yesterday (14th Oct) for abusing his position of trust after engaging in a sexual relationship with a domestic abuse victim during the course of his duties. James Ankrett, 40, admitted corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers after forming an inappropriate relationship with the vulnerable victim…
A serving West Midlands Police officer was convicted today (14th Sept) of abusing his position after engaging in a sexual relationship with a domestic abuse victim during the course of his duties when the victim was in his care. PC James Ankrett, 40, admitted a charge of corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers…
A Dudley teenager has been jailed after injuring four people in a deliberate act of reckless driving in Birmingham last August. Lydia Baya had taken her mother’s car and, following an argument with her ex-boyfriend, drove at the 19-year-old, and a 16-year-old girl with him, on Pershore Road just after 1pm on 14 August.
A violent thug has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the man he brutally assaulted in ‘a fit of jealous rage’ died of his injuries in Sandwell. The victim, Jagdev Lally, was rushed to hospital after he was found bleeding from a serious head wound by a passer-by in an alleyway near Tollgate shopping centre at…
A child sex groomer from Wednesbury who sexually assaulted three underage girls has been jailed for 18 years after the victims’ courage helped to expose his depraved crimes. The children – who were all under 14 at the time of the abuse – confided in specialist public protection officers about the sex attacks by pensioner…